The Holiday

Wonderful movie. Highly recommend it. Funny, romantic, and a happy ending. I love it. And I enjoyed watching it very much.

I love this movie. I lost my original DVD so ordered another.

The sweetness of this movie is what I love but the comedy is good as well. Kate Winslet’s performance is great, I get slightly annoyed at Cameron Dias’ whining and her unsuccessful attempts to make herself cry but my enjoyment of her mid 2000’s wardrobe and her cuteness makes up for it. I’m always like, look how many coats and boots she packed for this trip to England! How did she fit it all?! I fall in love with Jude Law every time. The way he looks at Cameron makes me melt, and Jack Black always cracks me up. The relationship between Kate and the old man next door is the sweetest thing ever. And the little girls with English accents, cutest thing ever! The movie is truly heartwarming. Though there are big red flags for me in both romances, I am willing to suspend disbelief that these romances aren’t just going to fall apart before Valentine’s Day. The scenery is great in both LA and England. Great vibes! Also fun that Hanukkah gets a shout out too!

Best Christmas not Christmas movie ever!!! Love the cast!!!

Good movie!!

I enjoy rewatching it it's a well spent time during The Holiday and cozy up. It would be even greater IF this movie would be part of the Prime membership movies.

Do you like chocolate? Do you know that moment, even before you put it in your mouth? You can imagine that taste. You can feel that rich sweetness on your tongue, the smoothness going around your mouth . . . The Holiday is a romantic comedy. You know what that means. And if you don't like romantic comedies, don't go and see it. If you do, you will know what to expect. The mushy feelings creeping up on you. All those 'If Only . . .' emotions telling you there is a lovely place somewhere in which people fall in love and everything works out kinda perfect. If only for a while . . . say, for the holiday period over Christmas and New Year . . . or for the 138 minutes which this film lasts. Two Women on the Verge of Emotional Breakdown do holiday house swap. They escape lovelorn predicaments and find 'unexpected' love on their opposite sides of the Atlantic. Cue picturesque English country house just the way Americans imagine it (with sheep out the back). Cue enormous L.A. mansion with swimming pool (just the way Brits imagine it). Cameron Diaz is Amanda, owner of a movie-trailers editing firm. Since she's played the same comedy character several times, there are few surprises; but an excellent script, written directly for her and the other three leading stars, projects it rather better than average. Kate Winslet as Iris, a successful writer on The Telegraph, is more nuanced: an actor with considerable range, we cannot but help admire the way she does 'pathetic girl' rather beautifully in a role that she could manage with one hand counting the ways to have fun and get paid simultaneously. Formulaic it is (wonderful women with scoundrelly fellas eventually get The Real Men They Deserve - meeting puppy dogs, children, and falling snowflakes on the way of course). But, well-done within a narrow genre, it still stands out. No-brainers like this tend to have dumb scripts and dumber acting, but The Holiday contains warm, natural dialogue and heartfelt chemistry. If this was the 40's, you'd want Jude Law and Cameron Diaz to get married off-screen afterwards. Charismatic and entertaining, unless you find Diaz, Law or Winslet personally irritating (some people do), they are a joy to watch, filling their parts with love and light. Excellent production values keep the rather trite story flowing. Everything is picture-perfect, long lenses flattering the features of the already handsome stars, filters and soft-focuses carefully delineating the mood. There is an overall honesty to the performances. "You look like my Barbie!" delights a four-year-old excitedly to Diaz. Ironic? But said with so much affection it is self-deprecating rather than cutting. Jack Black struggles to get out of his music-and-silly-faces typecasting but just manages to look the part for an intellectual Iris who is not attracted to skin-deep. Jude Law, on the other hand, could be an advert for men's skin cream, and too rounded a character to be mere pin-up material. With more Christmas songs than you can shake a piece of tinsel at, The Holiday is a warm, snuggly romance to lose yourself in before coming firmly back down to planet earth. It might be shallow, but it's seasonal entertainment - and a Swiss chocolate of romantic comedies.

Love this movie! Watched it doo many times in less than a week. Then it was no longer free on YouTube, I rushed here, found it and bought it. Awesome with two love stories. Simply amazing.

He comprado "Vacaciones" en dvd porque la he visto un montón de veces en Netflix y es un clásico para las personas que nos gustan las películas románticas. Es una película que traslada una sensación de hogar, una película muy amena para volver a ver cada cierto tiempo.

Great film and although it may be a bit raunchy, it’s very romantic.

Kam pünktlich. Gute Qualität.

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DVD THE HOLIDAY. Ce film de 2006 est pour moi un incontournable parmi les comédies romantiques de Noël. Les 2 actrices principales, Cameron Diaz et Kate Winslet, font tout le charme de ce film qui certes n'est pas révolutionnaire côté scénario mais qui n'est pas non plus désagréable à regarder. Une comédie toute simple qui remplit son rôle en nous faisant passer un bon moment.